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Archive 2

It seems from the articles themselves that Henry Simpson (economist) and Antonio de Macedo (author and filmaker) have no claims to the category of "Portuguese philosophers". Please advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.180.211.244 (talk) 05:47, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I have nominated List of Portuguese monarchs for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.--Crzycheetah 05:15, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

The African country of Madeira is listed in the {{AfricaProject}} template as a workgroup; however, it creates categories in the WikiProject Portugal as a workgroup. See Category:WikiProject Portugal work groups and Category:WikiProject Portugal. Should the {{WikiProject Portugal}} template be changed to add Madeira as a work group?
Prapsnot (talk) 05:13, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I recently finished copyediting Portuguese heraldry, correcting mostly what appeared to be errors in translation (presumably from Portuguese) due to literal translation and/or unfamiliarity with English idiom. Then I went to look at the other language pages – only Spanish and Portuguese exist – in the hope of checking up some unclear expressions. Although I can't really speak Spanish or even approximately Portuguese, I can make enough sense out of both of them for some basics. I was shocked to find that the Portuguese article is only about 210 words long, and the entire text of the Spanish article is "La heráldica portuguesa se ha usado desde el siglo XII", i.e., "Portuguese heraldry has been used since the 12th century"; while the English article amounts to

Prose size (text only): 80 kB (13963 words) "readable prose size"

So where did the rest come from? Especially since it was evidently not written in English by a fluent speaker of English. The likeliest answer is that it was translated from a detailed source in Portuguese, or possibly Spanish -- probably one of the listed References -- by someone who was not fluent in English, and posted without attribution: in other words, plagiarized, and a probable copyright violation.

The great bulk of the article was added by one or more anonymous editors from 26 August 2015 to 11 January 2016. The editor may have changed the wording enough to avoid copyvio, but without checking it's impossible to tell; and as I said, my Ibero-Romance language abilities are nowhere near up to the task.

I posted this question originally at Talk:Portuguese heraldry#Possible copyright violation, then (somewhat edited) at the Teahouse. There was some discussion at the Teahouse, but no resolution, and the post has been archived to Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive_466#Probable copyright violation.

Please {{Ping}} me to discuss.

--Thnidu (talk) 05:29, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

{{Ping}} My understanding of content from Wikipedia PT has always been that most of the Portuguese hobbyists and nationalists prefer to copy directly from sources without attribution. You may actually discover that content was copied DIRECTLY from another website (such as the parish or municipal websites). This obviously makes it harder for translations to other idioms. The Wikipedia template about "translating from corresponding PT Wikipedia source" has always bothered me in that respect. In the translation process, I usually look for attributable sources supporting PT Wikipedia edits (in my case, since they are articles about architecture or geography, I reference SIPA or "Património"). Otherwise, I prefer not to translate from corresponding Wiki site without verifiable sources. It is a "wild west" on PT for the most part, most should not be discouraged about direct translation, but should follow-up their translations with verifiable sources. ^{ruben jc} ZEORYMER (talk) 10:14, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Zeorymer: Well, that's discouraging, but at least now I know. Thanks for that. But this was not translated from the pt.wiki article, which is only about 2% its length. It might have been translated sentence by sentence from some page(s) on the website cited there under References (at a dead link; I just updated it with pt template citar web + arquivourl=), but that's beyond me to check, and probably too much even for a fluent pt/en bilingual to undertake.

(By the way, the way to use Template: ping is like this: {{ping|Zeorymer}}.)

Boa noite! --Thnidu (talk) 05:52, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey Thnidu and Zeorymer, I noticed it too when i translated alot of the Castles of portugal articles from list of castles in portugal. The idioms don't translate well. Winterysteppe (talk) 21:49, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Yes, Portuguese tends to be very "flowery" in the manner of its translation. That is why, even as content can be literally translated, it needs to be interpreted, which implies an understanding of the cultural significance of the terms and also of what can be, or should, be translated. ^{ruben jc} ZEORYMER (talk) 21:58, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

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Dear project members,

I would like to draw your attention to a media upload that may be of relevance to your project. The African Studies Center, Leiden University, donated 756 images made by Roel Coutinho, a Dutch MD working in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal between 1973 and 1974. The images show aspects of daily life such as food preparation, festivities and school and hospital buildings, among other things. The metadata (including Portuguese captions) were prepared by Michele Portatadino, the upload was done by Hans Muller using the GWToolset.

Kind regards, AWossink (talk) 11:56, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:24, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

If you write civil parish link Freguesia (Portugal). Xx236 (talk) 12:56, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Recently I have been working on the article 1936 Naval Revolt (Portugal). By looking at its Portuguese equivalent, I was able to come up with another source: [1]. Unfortunately, it's in Portuguease, a language I do not know. Is there anyone part of WikiProject Portugal who would be willing to help me translate and comprehend this document? If so, where could I reach them? Indy beetle (talk) 13:49, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

The article in question is not a article, at all, rather a excerpt from the official governmental diary (Diário do Governo), similar to the British Hansard. What might be associated with the events of the "revolt" is the decree law passed by the Government-in-Coucnil to the King. It refers to authorizing the Ministry of the Navy to "fire" or retire officers involved in the events on the 8 September 1936, onboard the Afonso de Albuquerque and Dão. Further, the dispatch suggests that this would not impede applying criminal sanctions to those involved, but readmitted those involved in prooving their military obligation, resisting the insubordination and using all their force to dominate the enemy. Also, article 3 suggested that others could be transfered to the reserves by their own request. The act entered in to vigor immediately on the date published. The remaining references refer to accounting practices within continental Portugal and colonies, the creation of a customshouse in Rebordelo and transfer of funds. I can translate it (Decreto-lei 26:995) verbatim if you would like. ^{ruben jc} ZEORYMER (talk) 13:29, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Bom dias senhors e senhoras - that's all I know in Portuguese, and I would probably mispronounce it.
It appears there a two different articles about the same subject. See http://www.lusa.pt
What do you think about this?
Pedro Austrália aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:55, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Yup, sounds like a duplication problem that needs to be remedied. I will attempt to resolve this today. ^{ruben jc} ZEORYMER (talk) 13:36, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

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I started this short stub months ago, but it hasn't gotten momentum yet. Anyone able to help out by better covering the issues around decriminalization and cannabis, cannabis economy, etc. of Portugal? Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 21:33, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Hey folks! I recently stumbled upon the page Almada Fórum which appears to be "the third shopping center in Portugal". It has no references and has been tagged as an orphan for 7 years. Any chance someone could take a look, maybe find a source, and maybe even de-orphan it? I'd be eternally grateful! Thanks a bunch! Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 05:36, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

You might want to start with the Portuguese-language article, pt:Almada Forum. It has a substantial infobox, six references, and solves the mystery of the lede: it's the third-largest shopping center in Portugal as of that writing. Elizium23 (talk) 05:51, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! Any chance someone here might be able to take that task upon themselves? I can't read Portuguese so I could try to stumble my way through with Google translate, but if someone who can read pt:Almada Forum, could take a crack at improving the article, I'm sure they'd do far better than I could. Cheers! Ajpolino (talk) 00:33, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm trying to find out which newspapers in Portugal are considered the newspapers of record, the equivalent of The Times, The Washington Post or Le Figaro. Our article, Newspaper of record, lists Diario de Noticias for Portugal. Is that correct? It's apparently in a tabloid format, but is it tabloid journalism? Any pointers would be very helpful. SarahSV ^(talk) 18:59, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Courrier International describes it as on par with the other portuguese newspaper of record, Público ([2]), so I think you can say that, yes. Regards, Comte0 (talk) 23:12, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Comte0, thank you for this information. SarahSV ^(talk) 03:47, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

SlimVirgin, I found Newspaper of record to be unwieldly, so I split the huge table by initials. Since I'm also French, I added Libération. Regards, Comte0 (talk) 23:46, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Could somebody do the IPA on the name of this dog? Please. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:40, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Please come participate in the discussion to determine if this article should be renamed. Thank you. --Epulum (talk) 06:55, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:25, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I have nominated about 30 foreign-language (i.e. not Portuguese or English) redirects to the Portugal article for deletion/discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 April 27#Foreign language redirects to Portugal. You are invited to participate in the linked discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 03:20, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

There is a proposal about the use of geobox vs infobox for buildings that this WikiProject may be interested in. {{infobox religious building}} is part of this infobox series, and its geobox counterpart has been used mostly for Portuguese buildings; see Category:Geobox usage tracking for building type. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:00, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

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I invite editors to assist with expanding the article about the recently unveiled Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo. There are additional sources shared on the article's talk page. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:37, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

 Moved to draft space: Draft:Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:44, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

I have submitted a request to have the article's deletion overturned. I invite editors to review Draft:Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo, then share their thoughts at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2017 June 22. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:47, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

This is currently the top-cited missing 'journal' in WP:JCW/MIS. While it's not an academic journal, it does seem like something that could possibly have an article on Wikipedia.

Now I don't speak Portugese, but pt:Diário de Lisboa exists, and Google reveals plenty of sources. If someone could create this entry, that would be amazing!

Thanks in advance! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:10, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes, we should have it. It was an important newspaper her until the 1990s, I bought it once in a while. I'll put it on my to-do list, but I hope someone gets to it first, as my to-dos are not for now, but for one of those years when I'll get into creating (mostly) Portuguese stuff. - Nabla (talk) 22:13, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

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--Ipigott (talk) 08:03, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Greetings, project members. The article Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo was deleted last year, but I've resurrected the topic in the form of Draft:Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo, since the artist has created a second bust depicting Ronaldo. I invite WikiProject participants to either make further improvements to the draft, or contribute to this discussion, where I've pinged all editors who were involved in last year's deletion and merge discussions. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 23:04, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

 Moved ---Another Believer _(Talk) 06:25, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Update: The article was redirected. I still invite project members to weigh in on this discussion: Talk:Cristiano_Ronaldo_International_Airport#Bust_of_Cristiano_Ronaldo,_part_2. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 06:44, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

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Hi. I've noticed that {{Welcome-pt}} was related to Wikipedia:WikiProject Ports and was unused. Therefore, I've rewritten it to be a Portuguese welcome template. Regards, Comte0 (talk) 03:30, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

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I ran across Morais (Macedo de Cavaleiros), and the map doesn’t show up on the page. I can’t figure out what needs to be done, so I thought I’d ask here if someone can fix it. It should be simple, but nothing is simple for me today. Thanks! — Gorthian (talk) 03:28, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Can someone tell me the source of the statement 'The settlers, who may have been from the peninsula but perhaps with Eastern Mediterranean contacts' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:F485:7000:BD50:B1E6:A563:6D7A (talk) 12:07, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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Hi, note there is currently a content dispute on Portuguese people and the article has been semi protected for a day - See Talk:Portuguese_people#Edit_war — Regards KylieTastic (talk) 17:01, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

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Please add a source.Xx236 (talk) 11:35, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

I've started an article on the collision and derailment of a high-speed passenger train at Soure, Portugal. Members of this WP may be able to expand it from the GPIAAF source used in the article. Mjroots (talk) 18:17, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

The idea that Luis Figo can, despite his undoubted skills, be considered of High importance whereas Coimbra is ranked of Mid importance strikes me as ridiculous. This seems to be based on a short-term view. A longer term view is that in 100 years, when people will hopefully still be reading Wikipedia, no one will know or care who Figo was whereas Coimbra, with its historical university, will still be very important.Roundtheworld (talk) 17:49, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I have nominated List of presidents of Portugal for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.--Jarodalien (talk) 02:43, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:José António Falcão § BLP and other problems. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 01:09, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

This BLP of an artist needs a lot of work. Bearian (talk) 00:40, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi, I've noticed that the page for a Portuegues government ministry (Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education) is a single sentence long. This seems to me to be a high importance page in need of improvement from someone from this Wikiproject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by El komodos drago (talk • contribs) 18:29, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Did I really not sign that? My apologies. ~ El D. (talk to me) 19:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Bom Dia! Any objection if I start a new category "Portuguese political prisoners under the Estado Novo"? Thanks Roundtheworld (talk) 12:42, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Olá, amigos! Wikivoyage's coverage of Portugal is a bit spotty. I believe that good travel information will be key in helping the country's recovery once we overcome the pandemic. As of now, Portugal has one Star status article, Caldas da Rainha. I believe that we can help improve cities such as Lisbon or Porto to Star status. Many other places can be improved to Guide status (or better) with a bit of effort: Braga, Coimbra, Peneda-Gerês National Park, etc. If you would like to help, please see the following for guidance:

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Naturally, you are welcome to contribute to articles beyond Portugal, as piques your interest. --Nelson Ricardo (talk) 18:29, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I have started an article on this post-Carnation era general and have been told by the Military History project that with an image, it will become C-class. There doesn't seem to be public domain images on the foreign versions of the page, nor a photograph of his bust on Commons. I have been alerted to this video where the conditions say that RTP can grant a license for non-commercial educational use when contacted by a Portuguese citizen. So first, is anyone familiar with the law and whether this would allow the use of a screenshot on Wikipedia? And second, could anyone obtain this license and put the image on the page?

If this is not allowed on Wikipedia, the second option would be to take a photograph of the bust at the Praca da República in Porto, if anyone lives in the area.

Thank you for your cooperation and I look forward to speaking soon. Unknown Temptation (talk) 18:48, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

I don't think that RTP licence would be good enough. WP:IUPC states: "Note that images that are licensed for use only on Wikipedia, or only for non-commercial or educational use, or under a license that doesn't allow for the creation of modified/derived works, are unsuitable." I suppose you have to find somewhere an image with explicitly freer usage policy. (But I don't know how it works exactly, as I've never done it.) Or visit Porto and photograph the bust! LongLivePortugal (talk) 23:00, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing up about the rights to the video. As Pires Veloso was a public figure, there likely are free photos, just like we have free photos of about every other prominent person on this encyclopedia. However, due to my limited connections and language abilities, I will not be the one who finds them. I have visited Porto, yet I am unfamiliar with that park. Current issues mean I am unlikely to go abroad any time soon. I would be grateful if in the spirit of cooperation there might be a user on this board who lives nearby. Unknown Temptation (talk) 16:31, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

After successfully completing our Asia and Africa contests over the past six months, we now welcome contributions to our Women in Europe contest which runs for three separate months from April to June 2021. To qualify for the contest, articles have to contain at least 160 words or 1,000 characters of running text and participants need to be members of Women in Red. We look forward to lots of new biographies of women from Portugal.--Ipigott (talk) 06:29, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

I have a question on Portuguese naming system and an article I just created: Patrícia Gouveia. Her full name is "Patricia Alexandra Carvalho Ferreira Sousa Gouveia", which of these name(s) would be the maternal surname, and which name(s) the paternal surname? The last 4 names all looks like surnames to me, but she seems to be referred to as Gouveia (which means that would be the paternal surname). I want to try and use Template:Portuguese name correctly which is why I ask. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:20, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes, all last four names are surnames. Common practice in Portugal, when parents choose to give the child four names instead of two, would be that the first two come from the mother and the last two from the father (and, within each such pair, the first one would come from the grandmother and the second one from the grandfather). Thus, for purposes of the template, I believe it should state that the maternal name is Ferreira and the paternal one is Gouveia (assuming that she either is not married or did not take her husband's surname in marriage, meaning all such names are truly 'biological'). This is explained in Portuguese name#Number of names.

I must say, now that you've drawn my attention to it, that I find the template to be quite incomplete, as it does not allow for any fields containing grandmothers' surnames in case they are passed down to the child (in this case, Carvalho and Sousa) or for any field containing the husband's surname, in cases where it occurs. Instead, it focuses on the possibility of generational suffixes, such as 'Filho' and 'Neto', which are so rare (compared to the previous two much more common events) that even I didn't know it was possible! I can't understand.

Finally, please note that her first name is Patrícia, not Patricia. Please don't forget to correct that in her full name on the article. LongLivePortugal (talk) 17:08, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks LongLivePortugal. One last question: looking at Neide Simões (another article I created), her fullname is "Neide Marina Fidalgo Alves Mateus Simões". So does that mean that Alves is her maternal surname, and Simões is her paternal surname (assuming that all names are "biological" as you defined it above)? Sorry for all the questions, if the template was implemented and documented for this scenario, then I would be using that documentation rather than asking here. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

As an aside, if anyone one in this project knows how to update templates, it would be good to get the scenarios for people with four surnames added to Template:Portuguese name. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Joseph2302: Yes, according to common practice, her maternal surname would be Alves. Please note that this is just common practice, and I can't guarantee that it is the case with every single person, as I believe parents can legally choose a different order. Furthermore, in general, if you find someone with exactly three surnames (even if you assume they are all 'biological'), you can't know whether two come from the father and one from the mother, or vice-versa. Finally, of course any one or two of the existing surnames (usually at the end, but not necessarily I believe) may come from the person's husband or wife (although uncommon, husbands can also take their wives' surnames). So, now that I think about it, perhaps the template should even be omitted in cases where you can't find any sources telling us the parents' and spouse's surnames, so we don't risk writing here any false information. What do you think?

As for the template, it definitely does need change, in order to account for all these issues. Do you know where we can find out how to do that? LongLivePortugal (talk) 11:44, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

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If you know the answer, make sure to add it to relevant wiki pages, especially to List of highest railways by country. Thanks! Zach (Talk) 21:18, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

@Zacharie Grossen: I have added it to the list, based on the information provided in the Portuguese-language Wikipedia. :-) LongLivePortugal (talk) 11:19, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

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All the pages on politicians in the last Assembly need to be updated, either to record that the person was not re-elected or was. New articles are needed on the new members who don't yet have a page, although it is perhaps best left until their biographies are posted on parlamento.pt. Roundtheworld (talk) 19:50, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

I found a list here, however, you can't choose the XVth legislature in the advanced search yet. Looking further, I found the result of the elections at the Home Office here. With some editing, I got this list (foreign districts are still to be counted) :

(moved and updated at List of deputies of Portugal (XV legislature)) Comte0 (talk) 16:36, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Regards, Comte0 (talk) 22:08, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

I have updated the list with pt:Lista de deputados de Portugal (XV Legislatura). I have the feeling the Portuguese articles were created at random. Do you believe we can invoke WP:IAR and create all the articles? Regards, Comte0 (talk) 15:58, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

Great work. I will work on the women, as part of my ongoing contribution to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, starting with those that are more than stubs. Roundtheworld (talk) 19:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. I created List of deputies of Portugal (XV legislature), it should help in avoiding the orphan banner on your articles. Regards, Comte0 (talk) 16:13, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

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Hi! After posting on the Teahouse about this draft that I was working on, they gave the advice that I should ask help from the relevant WikiProject. I'm not in any way an expert on the era this person lived in, and I'm not experienced with editing, so maybe you guys could try add some sources to the article (most of the mentions I found on the internet were from books)? Thanks, Vortex (talk) 13:03, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I was wondering if someone could confirm at Talk:Nelson Piquet#About Hamilton what the English translation of "neguinho" is, as we are not 100% sure. Thanks. SSSB (talk) 19:05, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

A most bizarre situation has developed involving the pages Battle of Benadir and Battle of Barawa, where for the past four years Somalian nationalists, sockpuppets and unregistered users have persistently sought to rewrite these pages about two minor Portuguese raids on the east African coast into astounding Somalian victories, written in poor English, against all evidence, removing sources and sourced material, despite numerous locks or bans by administrators even. Vandalism inevitably continues once protection wears off, and I thought I'd put this out there because so far almost nobody else has helped to take care of the issue and it's starting to drive me nuts. I already appealed for a permanent lock once but nobody answered my request. Wareno (talk) 06:05, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

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This draft has a lot of Portuguese references. I am hoping someone would be willing to have a look at the draft and let me know if the references provided would allow this subject to pass notability. If so, just ping me and I will move it to the mainspace (unless someone else decides to). Cheers! CNMall41 (talk) 05:17, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Boa tarde Rita,

Espero que esta mensagem a vá encontrar bem.

Chamo-me Rita Almeida e atualmente ocupo o cargo de Comissária das Publicações na Associação Guias de Portugal.

Envio esta mensagem no sentido de lhe questionar se é possível eliminar esta página da Wikipedia sobre a nossa Associação. Contem informação desatualizada, como o nosso logótipo e o número de membros, e alguma informação incorreta como a data da sua fundação.

Além disso, preferimos que as pessoas procurem saber mais sobre a AGP através do nosso website, que por sua vez inclui uma versão em inglês.

Fico à aguardar o seu feedback.

Atentamente,

Rita. Guias de Portugal (talk) 16:14, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

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